Prairie wins opener
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 7 months AGO
POST FALLS - Kurt South had an RBI in the first inning and doubled to score Darnell Metcalf in the fourth as the Prairie Cardinals defeated Sandpoint 4-2 in a class AA North Idaho League game Tuesday at Post Falls High.
"Our pitching did really well tonight," Prairie coach Dustin Frank said. "We had 10 strikeouts as a team, and whenever you have 10, you're doing good."
Dylan Charbenneau struck out five in three innings and Tony Davidson had four strikeouts in three innings of relief for Prairie.
The two teams will face off again today at 5 at Post Falls High.
Sandpoint 002 000 0 - 2 1 0
Prairie 202 000 x - 4 5 2
Tevin Hamilton, Caleb Nishimoto and Eddo Feyen; Dylan Charbonneau, Tony Davidson (4), Zach Carter (7) and Zack Reeder. W - Charbeneau (1-0). L - Hamilton. S - Carter.
HITS: Spt - Gordon. Pra - Reeder, Tymesen, South, Givens, Schwalbach. 2B - South.
Coeur d'Alene 9
Gonzaga Prep 5
COEUR d'ALENE - Sean White went 3 for 3 with a single, double and triple as the Lumberjacks (under-16 team) defeated Gonzaga Prep at Ted Page Field.
Derek Griffin had two triples for Coeur d'Alene (1-0), which faces Prairie today at 5 p.m. in Post Falls.
Gonzaga Prep 400 001 0 - 5 5 0
Coeur d'Alene 611 010 0 - 9 11 0
Kinn and Gottsch; Logan Brastrup, Devin Kluss (5) and Brent Wingham, Colton Gray (5). W - Brastrup (1-0). L - Kinn.
HITS: GP - Rudbler, Gottsch, Baily, Machtolf, Coat. Cd'A - McKnight, White 3, Griffin 2, Kluss, Brastrup 2, Whiteside, Peterson. 2B - White, Whiteside, Gottsch. 3B - Griffin 2, Kluss.
Mead 10
Bayview 5
SPOKANE - A.J. Walls had two hits for the Whitecaps in a nonleague loss to the Panthers at Mead High. Jeremy McKinney pitched three shutout innings for Bayview (2-1), which travels to Cheney tonight.
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